Chris Kyle may be the United States’ most famous sniper thanks to his best-selling book and its cinematic adaptation, ‘American Sniper,’ but he isn’t the most deadly. While Kyle earned himself a place among military history’s finest sharp shooters, his confirmed kill count pales in comparison to some of these guys.

The only fair way to rank snipers is by their confirmed kills, so let’s see how American snipers like Kyle and his compatriots match up to the world’s deadliest snipers.